Brace Babies

Abigail and Fiona and Nathan on lead won brace but we are too busy to post photos and way too sick still but we promise we will. No rest for the weary.

But I tell you - it was fun - sick or not. What a nice experience to be surrounded by all that Hav Love.

More later>>

Long Weekend

Still VERY sick but doing the best we can. We will be at the show so no updates till tonight or tomorrow. Sorry folks!

Come see the Havanese - gorgeous they are!

At the Show

We will be at the show - still under the weather but we will be posting photos later on. Hope to see you there!

Oh Woe is Me Says Kat

Well off I go on an adventure to stay with Yvonne's hubby Alex and their old gal Britney who looks like an oversized Havanese but they say she's a Beardie. She rather likes me but she seems to be more gal than I can handle.

I haven't been on an overnight stay without the human parents since I was a little one. They say it will be fun. Alex tells me we are going to have a boys weekend - whatever that is!

All the girls are coming back home and I have to go due to this thing called heat where I lose my brains. Really - I know where they are.

Oh well, I will survive but will Alex? Time will tell.

The specialty is being held in Toronto so many Havanese will be strutting their stuff. Did you buy raffle tickets?

Fiona and Abs is in a brace but due to that 'heat' thing they were unable to practice so we do not have high expectations other than lots of laughs. But that will make it great too. I hear we will have 2 other serious bracers against us. May the best brace win!

Snow Ball Faced Havanese

Fiona is destined to be a ball of snowballs. She adores the snow as you can see.

She plows through the whites stuff with wild abandonment. It's as if she is at a new amusement park and the outside are her rides.

Miss Abs & Wasabi woo comes home tomorrow and I can't wait to see them.

Much to do before then but in between that snow fun gives me giggles. It's nice. Hope you are enjoying the snow too!

Order of the Havanese Pack

Here Fiona is giving kisses to Risa. In a pack, the crew usually all give kisses to the alpha of the pack. So far, Risa seems to retain this position.

It's a position that takes a lot of work.

Each pack member has its own job and that can change. Add another and things get shifted all around at times.

I find it a fascinating thing to watch. The way the Havanese come together and become a tight knit pack as they seem to do here is fascinating.

When one is gone, it upsets the pack and it changes once again.

You can learn a great deal from your Havanese by watching them closely. By getting to know them on this intimate level, you can help them be all they can be.

Havanese Brushout

Shoshi is loving having the Fiona give her so much attention. When Abs is around, it gets piece mealed out.

With everyone being sick here, it means the human is grooming less and just lovin' more but she will pay with more work. It's easier to do a brush out a day and skip here and there than to do one once a week but that's my philosophy. You tend to get rid it it easier as you can get it at the start, not when it's a solid mat. But Shoshi - who used to be the nightmare of nightmares when she was blowing her coat - now in a shorter coat growing out is not. Beyond her feet and sometimes her neck when the pups play with her, she remains mat free. Is it the cut, the daily brushing or what! I will tell you no brushing for 2 days and I brushed her out today and nothing but when I say brush out, I can put a comb in their hair in all directions. That type of a brush/comb out should last for days. Without using a comb on all layers, you are most apt to miss a knor or two. Not the end of the world but something to be aware of.

Three dogs down - a few more to go and then the couch and Havanese drape thing is going to occur.

Low Key Havanese Day

I bet you that you are getting bloody sick of hearing that the humans are sick but boy 3 weeks and counting for the female human. She can't even muster a walk. Things were getting better and then back to being way sick. We think the dogs are growing weary of this.

What's interesting is the dogs smell my breath often. Not sure what they are smelling but they are.

Here's the Shoshi with Fiona playing. They are a mess - the human is a mess and we will survive. Hoping to get well NOW!

More tomorrow!

Try, Try & Try Again

Fiona had a bath today before next week to try some new products out on her coat. When you get them ready for a show, they often become a test case more so than a pet dog but what happens is you explore so many products that you find what works for you.

Here Fiona is so clean and then it starts to rain - go figure. Well, at least she had her walk in and she smells and feels scrumptious.

The old humans are way sick though so crawling into bed to try to get well.

We will post more later or tomorrow.

Booooooo - what is your canine wearing for Halloween?